Garment hanger



April 1945- L. A. YOUNG 2,372,998

GARMENT HANGER Filed Dec. 21, 1942 mmvron. leapar o A. 1600f v BY 2 R v Patented Apr. 3, 1945 GARE LEN T HANGER Leonard A. Young, Detroit, Mich, assignor to Bowen Products Corporation, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Application December 21, 1942, Serial No. 469,661

9 Claims. (01. 223-458) This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a garment hanger which may be fabricated entirely of fibrous material or iibrous stock and at the same time one which is very strong and rigid.

Second, to provide an improved garment hanger which may be shipped in the collapsed form and readily set up or assembled for use.

Third, to provide a garment hanger having these advantages which is attractive in appearance and quite economical to produce.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a side elevation of a garment hanger embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the hook member of the embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view, the hook member being horizontalh sectioned.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view partially in vertical section on line 5-5 of Fig. a illustrating one of the steps of assembling the hanger.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of another modified form or embodiment of my invention.

' In the preferred embodiments of my invention illustrated, the cross bar I and the upwardly converging arms 2 are formed integrally of a paper tube, this tube being flattened at spaced points 3 to facilitate bending of the portions constituting the arms into upwardly converging relation.

The hanger arms 2 are provided with horizontally flattened terminal portions 4 having longitudinal slot-like openings 5 therein and end slots 20.

may be performed after the adhesive has set particularly if the tube is moistened or steamed and heated at these points. The flattening may result from merely crushing, but that does not provide the attractive appearance which is otherwise obtained and the fibers are likely to be broken and weakened.

- The suspending hook member 6 is preferably formed of flat fibrous stock such as fiberboard or heavy cardboard or container stock of suitable strength and is formed to providea shank portion terminating at its lower end in a cross arm 8.

@Thiscross arm 8 is provided with upwardly projecting lugs 9 at the ends thereof, these lugs being spaced from the shank portion of the hook member to provide upwardly facing slots Ill open at their upper ends and having opposed recesses H at their lower ends. These lugs are inserted through the holes 5 in the terminal portions of the hanger arms.

The width of the slots Ill is preferably substantially less than the distance between the outer ends of the holes 5 and the bottoms or inner ends of slots 20 so when these terminal portions are forced open the lugs are forced through the holes 5. The material between the outer ends of the holes 5 and the inner ends of the slots 20 is compressed as indicated at 12 in Fig. 5.

When the lugs are fully engaged through the holes, the yieldable stock or material of the hanger arms expands into the opposed recesses l I at the bases of the lugs, forming a very eifective retaining means for the hook member and the hook member constitutes a coupling line for the hanger arms. This engagement of the hook member with the hanger arms may be very quickly accomplished but when the parts are engaged, they are-very securely retained. I

The flattened portions 4 of the arms 2 are of such length and the outer ends of the holes 5 are so spaced relation to the ends of the flattened portions that when the arms are fully engaged as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the ends of the arms are in abutting stressing engagement. This forces the outer ends of the holes 5 into the inwardly facing recesses l I (see Fig. 5) and securely holds the parts in engaged position, that is the parts are in wedging compressing engagement and cannot be accidentally disengaged. In fact, it requires considerable effort and manipulation to disengage the hook member.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. 6 the lugs 22 are formed on the angularly disposed edges 23 of the base 24 of the hook member, these edges being disposed at the angle of with the hooks. In this case the flattened portions I4 are of such length that they engage the shank of the hook member after they are forced into complete engagement with the lugs 22. The base 24 'of the hook member is provided with a slot 25 with which a tie or belt may be engaged.

My improved hangers may be efiectively produced without the use of any metal; are strong and rigid and attractive in appearance. However, comparatively little metal would be required if the hook member were formed of sheet metal stock or wire stock.

I have illustrated my invention, however, in very desirabl embodiments thereof. I have not attempted to illustrate other adaptations or embodiments thereof as it is believed that this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to adapt or embody my improvements as may be desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a cross bar and upwardly converging arms formed integrally of a paper tube, the arms having horizontally flattened terminal portions with slot-like holes therein and with slots at the ends thereof, and a suspending hook member formed of fiat fibrous material having a shank portion provided with a cross arm having upwardly projecting lugs at its ends, the lugs being spaced from the shank portion of the hook member to provide upwardly opening slots, there being opposed recesses at the bottoms of the slots, the lugs being passed through said holes in said flattened portions of said arms, the distance between the outer ends of said holes and the inner ends of said slots in said flattened portions exceeding the width of the unwardly opening slots of said hook member, the material of said flattened portions being compressible and deflectable to permit the engagement thereof with said lugs and the expansion thereof into said recesses at the bottom of the slots when the hook member is in its fully engaged position.

2. A garment hanger comprising a cross bar and upwardly converging arms formed integrally of a paper tube, the arms having terminal portions with holes therein, and a suspending hook member having a shank portion provided with upwardly projecting lugs spaced from the shank portion of the hook member to provide upwardly opening slots, there being inwardly facing recesses at the bottoms of the slots, the lugs being passed through said holes in said flattened portions of said arms, the ends of said arms being in compressed abutting engagement when the arms are in fully engaged position with the hook member, said inwardly facing recesses engaging there in said terminal portions to retainingly secure the terminal portions on the lugs.

3. A garment hanger formed integrally of a paper tube conformed to provide a cross bar and upwardly converging arms, the arms having fiattened longitudinally slotted terminal portions, and a suspending hook formed of fibrous material terminating at its lower end in a cross arm portion provided with upwardly projecting lugs spaced from the shank of the hook to provide vertical slots with enlargements at the bottom thereof, said lugs being inserted through said slots in said arms, the ends of the arms being in retaining engagement with said slot enlargements.

4. A garment hanger formed integrally of a paper tube conformed to provide a cross bar and upwardly converging arms, the arms having flattened longitudinally slotted terminal portions, and a suspending hook formed of fibrous material and provided with a shank portion terminating at its lower end in a cross arm portion provided with upwardly projecting lugs disposed on opposite sides of said lower end and at opposite ends of said cross arm, said lugs being inserted through said slots in said arms, said shank portion being disposed between and facing opposed edges of said terminal portions and provided with recesses positioned to engage the upper surfaces of said terminal portions to retain the same on the lugs.

5. A garment hanger comprisin upwardly converging hanger arms, the arms having adjacent terminal portions with holes therein, and a suspending hook terminating at its lower end in a cross arm portion provided with upwardly projecting lugs spaced from the shank of the hook to provide vertical slots with enlargements at the bottom thereof, said lugs being inserted through said slots in said arms, the ends of the arms being in retaining engagement with said slots enlargements.

6. A garment hanger comprising upwardly converging hanger arms, the arms having adjacent terminal portions with holes therein, and a suspending hook having a vertically disposed shank portion terminating at its lower end in a cross arm portion provided with upwardly projecting lugs disposed on opposite sides of said lower end and at opposite ends of said cross arm, said lugs being inserted through said slots in said arms, said shank portion being disposed between and facing opposed edges of said terminal portions.

'7. A garment hanger comprising a cross bar and upwardly converging hanger arms formed integrally of a paper tube, the hanger arms having holes in their adjacent ends, and a suspending hook having a. shank portion provided at its lower end with upwardly projecting lugs disposed on opposite sides of said shank portion, the lugs being passed through said holes in said hanger arms, the suspending hook constituting a coupling for the adjacent ends of said hanger arms. said shank portion being disposed between and facing opposed edges of said terminal portions.

8. A garment hanger comprising upwardly converging arms having adjacent terminal portions with openings therein, and a suspending hook having a shank portion provided with laterally oflset upwardly projecting lugs at its lower end engaged in said holes in said arms, there being recesses at the base of the lugs in which the edges of the holes are received when the arms are in engaged position with the ends of the arms in stressed abutting engagement.

9. A garment hanger comprising upwardly con- 7 verging arms having adjacent terminal portions with openings therein, and a suspending hook having a shank portion provided with laterally offset upwardly projecting lugs at its lower end engaged in said holes in said arms, there being a recess at the base of the lugs in which an edge of the hole is received when the arms are in engaged position with the ends of the arms in abutting engagement.

LEONARD A. YOUNG. 

